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Alan Lomax has been called "the father of the American folk song revival." He brought attention to singers like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger in the nineteen thirties and forties.
He also made the first recording of a guitar-playing farm worker named McKinley Morganfield. Millions of blues fans around the world would come to know McKinley Morganfield by another name. Here is Muddy Waters is singing "Take a Walk With Me."
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VOICE TWO:
We will continue our story of the Lomax family next week. You can find transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of all of our programs at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also post a comment. And if you do, here is a question you can answer: Who do you consider a "folk genius?"
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Tell us if you have a favorite American blues or folk singer -- young or old -- and what makes that person's music special to you. Go to voaspecialenglish.com, find our program and post your answer.
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You can also find a link to John Lomax's first book "Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads." I'm Steve Ember.
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And I'm Shirley Griffith. Our program was written by Nancy Steinbach and produced by Caty Weaver. Join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.
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